schadenfreude

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1. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the downfall of the Soviet Communist Party, many observers delighting in schadenfreude predicted that China would follow suit.

2. The fall of Zhang is nothing less than a schadenfreude fest for the press, the public and whoever it is that wants to see her fall.

3. Western critics have accused observers in developing countries of schadenfreude, but outsiders can sometimes have the clearest view.

4. Schadenfreude is such a rare emotion and not only because it's German and difficult to spell.

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